Diesel export ban: will Trump push global energy prices even higher? – The Latest

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  So saying that if the US did put in this export ban,

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  we could see prices going a lot higher than they are today.

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  People describe diesel as the workhorse of the economy.

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  It's unglamorous, it's not high profile, but it's doing a lot of heavy lifting.

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  There are just so many factors today which are influencing energy costs that we can't do anything about.

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  And this is something that is in the gift of one man to decide.

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  From the Guardians today in Focus, this is The Latest with me, Lucy Hoff.

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  We've had soaring energy prices for many months now since the start of the Iran war,

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  but diesel prices are now at record highs in the UK, in Europe, in the US.

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  Julian Ambrose, you're our energy correspondent.

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  In response to this, Donald Trump is threatening a diesel export ban.

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  Why is he considering this?

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